Mylor

The parish of Mylor, (Cornish: Lannwydhek), is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of Kerrier. It is
bounded on the north by Restronguet Creek which separates it from Feock, on the
east by the River Fal which separates it from St Just-in-Roseland, on the south
by Falmouth Harbour, and on the west by St Gluvias and Perranarworthal. The
parish is named after the patron saint of this parish who, it is said,
established the first church at Mylor near the water. The parish is located
north of Falmouth on the west coast of the natural haven of Carrick Roads. It
once contained a small Royal Navy Dockyard, but the seafront is now popular
with yachtsmen. The picturesque Restronguet Creek with its Pandora Inn is
north-east of Mylor Bridge. The Inn was once owned by Captain Edwards who
brought the Bounty mutineers to justice.

Mylor Bridge is a pleasant
village situated at the head of the creek. Tregew is another village. The
parish of Flushing was created from Mylor
in 1844.

There is a memorial in the parish which was erected by the Boys of HM Training Ship GANGES in January 1872. One side reads: Sacred to the Memory of Algernon Horace NEAL, died October 3rd 1898, aged 15 years &amp 8 monthsGeorge WILLS, died October 22nd 1898, aged 16 years &amp 6 monthsThomas Henry ATKINSON, died October 28th 1898, aged 16 years &amp 6 monthsJoseph Benjamin John BAUGH, died November 23rd 1898, aged 16 yearsWilliam George CARTER, died December 20th 1898, aged 17 years &amp 9 months.

Census information for this parish (1841 - 1901) is held in the
Cornwall Record Office. The Cornwall Family
History Society offers a census search service for its members. Specific census information for this parish is available as follows:

1841. The 1841 Census of Mylor (HO107/138) including Flushing, Enumeration
Districts 1 to 5, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census
project.

The New Zealand Society of Genealogists have compiled separate surname
indexes of the 1851 Census for each Cornish registration district; Mylor is listed in Volume
22. The booklets are available in Cornwall at the
Cornwall Centre, (formerly known as the Cornish Studies Library), and is
also available in the Cornwall FHS Library.

Anglican. The parish
church is located in OS Grid Square SW8036, and is dedicated to St Melorus
(or Milor, Melor). It consists of a chancel, nave, south aisle, north
and south transepts, and vestry. The arcade has six semi-circular arches of
Caen stone, with pillars and capitals of the same material. The entrances are a
south porch, a north door and a priest's door. The north door is a Norman
door. The western gable of the nave is surmounted with an embattled turret. A
detached belfry stands a short distance to the west of the church.In
May 1869, the church was in a very dilapidated and dangerous condition; it was
taken down for restoration. It was found to have three different styles of
architecture: Norman (from about the reign of Henry I or Stephen, circa
1130-50); about AD 1400 the church was enlarged and partially reconstructed;
this process was carried still further in the early 16th century in the
Perpendicular style. During the 19th century renovations, a granite post, which
had been used as a flying buttress against the south wall, had to be removed.
On clearing away the earth, it was found to be a ponderous cross over 17 feet
in length. The Mylor Churchyard Cross is very old; local tradition believes it
originally was the marker of St Mylor's grave. It has now been re-erected
in the churchyard.Details about the plans of the modern church are available on-line.

Non-Conformist. There were chapels for the Wesleyan Methodists, Primitive
Methodists, and Independents in the parish.

Baptisms 1801 to 1904 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).

Cornwall Legacy have published on CD, baptisms (1838 to 1852) of the Falmouth Wesleyan Circuit. These include two registers from Pikes Hill Chapel - baptisms 1871 to 1900 and 1889 to 1900, which include a few marriages. The Circuit covers Falmouth, Budock, Mylor, Stithians, Mawnan, St Gluvias, Wendron and Constantine.

The parish of Mylor was originally in the Falmouth Registration District;
there were sub-districts at Constantine, Falmouth, Mylor and Penryn, but these
have now been abolished. It is now in the Truro
Registration District. Parishes in the Falmouth registration district were: Budock, Constantine, Falmouth, Mabe, Mawnan, Mylor, Penryn, Perranarworthal, St. Gluvias.

The address of the Superintendant Registrar in Truro is: Dalvenie House, New County Hall, Truro, TR1 3AY.
Tel: 01872 322241.

Notes on the Parish of Mylor, Cornwall by Hugh P. Olivet, (Published 1907), is available on-line, courtesy of the Old Cornwall Society.

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